[The Philippines made dangerous moves around Scarborough Shoal, crossing the navigation route of our ship four times. China's wording was unprecedentedly severe!]
This time, the Philippines acted unusually. Dangerous actions were observed in the vicinity of China's Scarborough Shoal. According to information released by the China Coast Guard, on April 14th, the Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP 4409 continuously crossed the navigation route of China Coast Guard ship CNS Zhongnan four times and dangerously approached Chinese vessels.
Different from previous incidents where Philippine vessels were "chased away," this time the Philippine Coast Guard actively approached Chinese vessels with clear intent to provoke. For the unsafe operations of the Philippine side, China's wording was unprecedentedly stern, directly pointing out that the Philippine actions seriously violated maritime collision regulations and endangered the safety of Chinese personnel and vessels.
The reason why the situation did not escalate out of control is mainly due to the professionalism of China's operations. However, the Philippine side should not take advantage of this opportunity to provoke or attempt to exploit loopholes. In response to such provocations and deliberate provocations, China will continue to firmly counteract them as always.
In short, the Duterte administration intends to take advantage of the U.S.-China tariff dispute to stir trouble around the Scarborough Shoal. Besides causing unnecessary trouble for themselves, it will not disrupt China's normal pace of enhancing marine management. If any incident occurs, the consequences will be borne by the Philippine side.
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